Multiple carbid-container.



A. L. HANSEN.

MULTIPLE CARBID CONTAINER.

APPLICATION HLED APR.10, 1915.

Patented May 4, 1915.

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

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HE NORRIS PETERS C0., PHOTOVLITHOH WASHINGTON h AUGIE I. HANSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MULTIPLE OARBID-OONTAINER.

Application filed April 10, 1914.

.useful Improvements in Multiple Carbid- Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved multiple carbid container particularly adaptable for use in connection with miners acetylene lamps.

Miners lamps must be sufiiciently light and small in order that they may be carried as for example on the cap. These lamps usually comprise a water container to which a carbid container is detachably applied. As these lamps must be small and light, the carbid containers cannot be made sufficiently large to carry a charge sufiicient for a full working shift. I-Ieretofore miners have carried an extra supply with them and when the lamp became exhausted the carbid container was removed, the contents dumped, and the container recharged. The laws have, however, become very stringent and forbid the dumping of carbid tanks and are also very stringent in connection with the handling of fresh carbid within the mines.

The object of my invention is therefore to provide an improved supply carrier in the form of a multiple container, such container preferably comprising a suitable support for a number of receivers or cover members each of which is adapted to receive a carbid cup or container constructed precisely like the lamp container, that is, the reserve containers are interchangeable with the lamp con-- tainer.

As the multiple container must be carried by the miner another object is to provide such shape and form that it can be readily carried in the pocket or suspended from the miners belt.

By reference to the accompanying drawing the various features of the invention will be clearly understood.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view with the central part thereof in vertical diametral section; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form; Fig. 4 is an end View of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 5 shows a well known type of lamp whose carbid container, in accordance with the invention, is

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 831,044.

interchangeable. with .any of the multiple container units.

The holder or support for the multiple contalner may be, as shown is Figs. 1 and 2, in the form of a top plate 10 having depending sides 11 and 12. Riveted to the top and held between the sides 11 and 12 are the receiving members 13 each in the form of a cap whose side 14 is threaded and from which depends a gasket skirt 15. The threaded side and skirt of each receiver is of substantially the same construction as the receiving end 16 of an acetylene lamp such as shown in Fig. 5. In other words, the lamp carbid container 17 may be inserted in any of the receivers 13 in the same manner in which it is inserted in the lamp. Each of the caps 13 of the multiple container receives a reserve container 18 constructed exactly like the lamp container 17, comprising the body 19, the threaded neck 20 and the conical gasket shoulder 21 between which and the skirt 15 of the respective receiver is interposed a gasket 22 usually of rubber.

The units of the multiple container are preferably arranged in a row as shown, so that the entire structure can be readily slipped into the pocket. A hook 23 may be provided by means of which the structure can be readily suspended from the miners belt. Before the miner starts for work he fills the reserve containers 18 and screws them tightly into the receivers, and he also fills the lamp carbid container. Then, as soon as the cal-bid in the lamp container is exhausted he unscrews this container and one of the reserve containers and interchanges them without dumping the exhausted container, and he can run a full shift on the supply carried in the lamp container and the reserve containers. A vent hole 24: is preferably provided through the top 10 and through each receiver through which vent any gases may escape which might still remain in the containers after they are taken from the lamp and applied to the receiver.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified arrangement, the holder for the receivers instead of being formed of sheet metal as shown in Fig. 2, is in the form of a wire frame 25 bent to intimately receive each receiver, and the frame may be bent up at one end to form a belt hook 26. The vents 27' in the caps will allow escape of any gases. In either form of structure the receiving Patented May 4,1915.

caps may of course be additionally secured by the use of solder or otherwise. I

I thus provide a 'multiple container by means of Which acontainer full of fresh carbid may be quickly substituted for the spent container Without need of dumping the exhausted container. The multiple container structure is of such shape as to be readily carried in the pocket or to'be conveniently suspended from a support such as a belt I do not of course desire to be limited to the exact construction and arrangement plurality of threaded caps secured to the Gopies of this patent may be obtained for frame and arranged in a row, a plurality of receptacles each having a threaded neck for detachable engagement with one of said caps, and a belt hook, forming an integral part of the supporting frame; 7

3. In a multiple container, the combination of a supporting frame, a plurality of caps secured to the frame, and each adapted to detachably receive a carbid receptacle, each cap having a vent openingthrough Which gases may escape from the receptacle.

held thereby. I r

4. In a multiple carbid container, the combination of a supporting frame, a' plurality of threaded caps secured to said. frame and each adapted to receive anacetylene lamp carbid receptacle, each cap having a vent opening for the escape of gases from the receptacleheld thereby, and a belt hook on the supporting frame. i

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of April, A. D. 1914.

. v 'AUGIE L. HANSEN. Witnesses:

CHARLEs J. SCHMIDT, EDMUND G. INGERSOLL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. G. 

